c h r o n y

Introduction

chrony is a versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
It can synchronise the system clock with NTP servers, reference clocks
(e.g. GPS receiver), and manual input using wristwatch and keyboard.
It can also operate as an NTPv4 (RFC 5905) server and peer to provide
a time service to other computers in the network.

It is designed to perform well in a wide range of conditions, including
intermittent network connections, heavily congested networks, changing
temperatures (ordinary computer clocks are sensitive to temperature),
and systems that do not run continuosly, or run on a virtual machine.

Typical accuracy between two machines synchronised over the Internet is
within a few milliseconds; on a LAN, accuracy is typically in tens of
microseconds. With hardware timestamping, or a hardware reference clock,
sub-microsecond accuracy may be possible.

Two programs are included in chrony, chronyd is a daemon that can be
started at boot time and chronyc is a command-line interface program which
can be used to monitor chronyd’s performance and to change various
operating parameters whilst it is running.

Supported systems

The software is supported on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, and Solaris.
Closely related systems may work too. Any other system will likely require a
porting exercise.

Contact

There are chrony-user and chrony-devel mailing lists for user questions,
bug reports, submitting patches, and development discussion. See the
mailing lists page for more information.

Security bugs are an exception and should be reported directly to the
maintainer using encryption.